2024 Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Kentucky
8Colleges in Kentucky
540Finance Degrees Awarded
$46,309Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #14 in popularity, finance & financial management is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 540 degrees in finance & financial management during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Finance & Financial Management School
Your choice of finance & financial management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Finance & Financial Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Finance & Financial Management Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Finance & Financial Management Schools in Kentucky ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Finance & Financial Management in Kentucky
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the finance degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Kentucky is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in finance & financial management. UK is a very large public university located in the city of Lexington. A Best Colleges rank of #230 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were approximately 267 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year. Finance & Financial Management degree recipients from University of Kentucky get an earnings boost of about $4,510 above the typical income of finance & financial management graduates.
It's hard to beat University of Louisville if you wish to pursue a degree in finance & financial management. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #338 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UofL is a great university overall.
There were about 95 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent data year. Those finance & financial management students who get their degree from University of Louisville receive $2,031 more than the average finance student.
Western Kentucky University is a great option for students interested in a degree in finance & financial management. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #903 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WKU is a great university overall.
There were about 63 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the finance program earn around $39,676 in the first couple years of their career.
It is difficult to beat Bellarmine University if you wish to pursue a degree in finance & financial management. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Louisville. A Best Colleges rank of #682 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Bellarmine U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 24 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Bellarmine U in the most recent year we have data available. Those finance & financial management students who get their degree from Bellarmine University make $4,582 more than the typical finance grad.
Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 9th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 30 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Murray State in the most recent year we have data available.
Eastern is a fairly large public university located in the town of Richmond. This university ranks 10th out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 33 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the finance program earn around $32,868 in the first couple years of working.
Located in the remote town of Morehead, Morehead State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 18th out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 17 finance & financial management students who graduated with this degree at Morehead State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Managing and quantifying money is at the heart of the online bachelor's degree in finance at SNHU. You'll learn the fundamentals of investments, address key managerial issues, examine ethics from every angle and build the skillset to be a player in the multidimensional business marketplace.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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